Computex 2026 News Coverage

Jun 2 - 5

Computex is the world's leading technology trade show, especially for computer hardware enthusiasts like us. It is held annually in Taipei, Taiwan, and brings together the whole tech industry to unveil the latest innovations in hardware, computing, and AI.

Just like every year, we're reporting from Computex, live with our on-site team, backed by editors at home, to keep you informed with the fastest and most detailed updates.

On this page you can find all of our news coverage for the event.

Noctua Showcases Co-branded Products with Thermal Grizzly, Pulsar Gaming, and Seasonic

Noctua in its Computex 2026 booth showcased products co-branded, and in some cases co-developed, with other popular PC hardware brands. We begin our tour with the Thermal Grizzly Wire View Pro II Noctua Edition. This is a variation of the Wire View Pro II accessory that lets you monitor the temperature and current on each of the 12 power-delivery pins of a 12V-2x6 connector, providing early warning in case the cable is improperly connected causing overheating. In its Noctua Edition variant, it comes with a custom housing with CNC-milled aluminium heatsink with a 40 mm fan. A USB-C connection connects the module to a USB 2.0 header on your motherboard, giving you software control as well as power for the module. This is bound for release in mid-2027.

Next up, is the Pulsar Feinmann F01 Noctua Edition gaming mouse. Slated for release later this month, this mouse features a carbon composite "exoskeleton" body. A 40 mm NF-A4x10 fan (40 mm, 10 mm-thick) ventilates your palm. The total weight of the mouse, including this fan, is only 73 g. Under the hood is an XS-2 42,000 dpi sensor with 8000 Hz USB polling rate. Lastly, there's the Seasonic Prime TX Noctua Edition PSU, which features an NF-A12x25 G2 fan, and custom fan-tuning by Noctua. The ATX 3.1 PSU comes in 1600 W and 1200 W variants. A market release is planned for Q2-2027.
More pictures follow.

Noctua Shows Off NT-CP1 Carbon Nanotube Thermal Pad Developed by Carbice, Prototype SFF AM5 Cooler

Noctua in its 2026 Computex booth showed off the NT-CP1, a carbon nanotube-based thermal pad invented and manufactured by Carbice, which the latter sells as the Carbice IP90 Nanopad. These thermal pads provide a superior alternative to thermal pastes, and offer practically infinite service life. Carbice and Noctua have formed a strategic partnership to bring vertically-aligned carbon nanotube thermal pads to the DIY PC market. Unlike traditional thermal pastes that degrade, Carbice pads improve over time, ensuring long-term, maintenance-free cooling. Noctua will exclusively distribute these pads, starting with an AMD Ryzen version in September 2026. Noctua also extensively tested the the IP90 on its cooling solutions, and posted its own performance figures.

The company also showed off its prototype small form-factor top-flow CPU cooler for AMD Socket AM5. A variation on the NH-L12 series, the cooler is 70 mm in height, including its fan. It has a tailored layout for most Mini-ITX Socket AM5 motherboards, and uses six 6 mm-thick copper heat pipes to dissipate heat through a dense aluminium fin-stack. The cooler includes an NF-A12x25 G2 120 mm. It offers 35 mm of RAM height clearance for a wide range of memory modules. Noctua is planning to launch this cooler around this time next year.

Noctua Prototype Phase-Change AIO and Auxiliary Fan

Noctua at the 2026 Computex showcased its prototype all-in-one liquid CPU cooler featuring a coolant phase-change mechanism. The pump-block has been designed entirely in house by Noctua, and not licensed by a third party. Its design involves a special treatment on the pump-block that adds layers of porous sintered copper particles along the surface of the microfins that dissipate heat pulled from the CPU to the coolant. This enhances vaporization of the coolant to better dissipate heat along the coolant volume as it's being circulated to the radiator.

Sticking with Noctua AIOs, the company showed us the NL-ACF1, an auxiliary fan for AIO CLCs. While most other brands are putting screens on CPU coolers, Noctua made it easy to upgrade its AIOs with a fan sitting right on top of the pump-block, with a conical frame designed to spread airflow onto components surrounding the CPU socket, such as CPU VRM and memory. Installing the fan is as easy as slotting it in place on top of the pump-block, no tools required. Three contact points below the fan connect it to the fan-controller inside the block that synchronizes speed with the radiator fans.
Pictures of the NL-ACF1 follow.
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